In support of Canada's agreement to sign the Kyoto Protocol, the goal of the Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change program is to lessen the vulnerability of Canadians, their infrastructure and communities to climate change via research.

Research being conducted by the portfolio of program projects includes the monitoring of Canada's landscape and coastal areas through satellite observation and in-situ measurements; paleo reconstructions for understanding historical climate and landscape evolution; spatially explicit, process-based modelling of landscape dynamics; and simulations and assessments of landscape changes in response to climatic, socio-economic and policy scenarios.

For more information:
Dr. Donald Forbes